Apparel-corset.



Patented. July 24, 1917.

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D. KOPS.

APPAREL CORSET.

APPLxcATloN HLED nEc.2a, 1915. 1.234.549..

D. KOPS.

APPAREL CORSET.

APPLICATION F|L ED DEc.23, |915.

Patented July 24, 1917.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2,

D. KOPS.

APPAREL CORSET- nPPLucATloN FILED DEc.23,1915.

Patented July 24, 1917.

s SHEETS-SHEET 3 lll/VEN TUR WITNESS DANIEL KOPS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

APPAREL-CORSET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented any ai, mit.

Application led December 23, 1915. Serial No. 68,305.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL Kors, a citizen of the United States, residing in the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in AppareLCorsets, of which the following is a specification.

Heretofore apparel corsets have been constructed in various manners to cause the lower front portion of the garment to support the abdomen of the wearer. For this purpose tension straps have been employed and have been secured at one end adjacent the lower portions of the front steels and at the opposite ends to the sides of the body of the garment. These tension straps have also been divided and made adjustable so as to enable the wearer to vary the pressure brought to bear upon the body. In some instances, however, the adjustability of the straps may be dispensed with but in all cases it is necessary to x the straps in place after the garment is adjusted on the body and my present invention relates to a corset so constructed that parts of tension straps overlie parts of the lower front portions of the garment and are there secured in place so as to coact with the same in sup# porting the abdomen of the wearer.

In carrying out my present invention, I employ in each corset body half, a tension strap, secured at one end to the inner side of the garment, extending forwardly and passing through an aperture or slot provided therefor, and preferably adapted at its free end exteriorly of the garment to be connected to the corresponding corset steel or to the corresponding end of a similar tension strap secured to the other half of the garment so that parts of the ends of the tension straps at the lower front portion of the corset overlie parts of the lower ends of the front steels in order to exert a certain tension against the lower front portion of the garment so that the same may bring a corresponding pressure to bear against the body of the wearer to support the abdomen.

The corset made in accordance with my invention will be made as hereinafter more particularly described in accordance with the accompanying drawings in which,

Figure 1, is a front elevation in an ap parel corset showing my present invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged elevation of the lower front portion of the garment showing the inner side thereof.

Fig. 3 is a similar' view showing the outer side of the garment and with the free ends of the tension straps unattached.

Fig. 11, is a partial elevation of the lower front portion of the garment, showing another form of the invention, and

Fig. 5, is a view similar to Fig. a, illustrating still another form of the invention.

.Referring to the drawing the apparel corset made in accordance with my present invention comprises corset body halves 10 and 11 which at the back are provided with eyelets 12 extending along the edges to receive laces 13 in order to connect the parts at the rear and to adjust the garment to the body. i At the front, as is also customary, the corset body halves are provided with steels 14 and clasps 15 by which the parts of the garment are connected in front. Each corset body half may also be fitted with skirts 16 depending therefrom, and the skirts provided with suitable hose supporters 17.

18 designates a tension strap made of suitable elastic material and connected at one end to the inner side of the garment distant from the front edge thereof along a line indicated by 19. The tensionl strap 18 extends forwardly and slightly downward and passesthrough an aperture 20 provided therefor in the lower front portion of the corset body half so that the free end of the tension strap lies on the exterior of the garment. This free end of the tension strap is provided with hooks 21 for purposes hereinafter indicated.

Similarly the other corset body half is provided with tension strap 22 secured at one end to the inner side of this half of the garment along a line indicated by 23 which corresponds in position with the line 19. The tension strap 22 also extends forwardly and slightly downward and passes through an aperture 24 corresponding in this half of the garment with the aperture 2O in the other half thereof so that the free end of the tension strap 22 also lies on the exterior of the garment. The free end of the tension strap 22 is provided with eyes 25 adapted to be engaged by the hooks 21 at the free end of the tension strap 18 in order to connect the ends of the tension straps together.

When connected the portions'of the tension straps lying on the outer xside of the gar ment extend over the lower ends of the corset steels 14 so that those portions o the straps exterior of the garment tend to force inwardly and slightly upward the underlying portions of the corset steels and the adjaeentparts of .the lcorsetybody halves thereby lcreating a tension on these parts of the garment which together-'with those parts'ot the :tension straps lying on the inner side ofthe 'garmentiexert a pressure againstthe abdomen of the wearer to properly support the same. p v :By reference to Fig. 4,'it willbe seenthat instead of securing-the ends-of the tension straps together over the underlying front steels andadjacent. portions of the garment, the front steels maybe provided with studs 26'andtheouter or free ends of the tension straps with eyelets'27l adapted'to'engage the studs 26 so that the/tension strap of each corset body half is connected to the front steel of. its v4corset 'body halt' exteriorly of the garment, the stension exerted by the straps 'on the steels 'forcing the same in wardlyandupwardly to producethe same effect as that'described in connection with the preferred form of the invention.

'Furthermore by reference to Fig. 5, it wll'be seen that one or more tapes 28 or similar devices may be securedtothe outer free ends of Vthe `tension straps exteriorly ofthe garment and ybuckles 29 .secured to the garment adjacent the lower front portions of the steels and through which the tapes 29 are passed and maybe drawn up to cause 'the desired tension to be exerted againstfthe steels andthe adjacent lower lower front portionof the corset body half,

and means for securing together the free ends of the tension straps in position exteriorly ot" the garment to cause the connectedends ofthe strap toexert an inward tensionvagainst the lowerf'ront portions of the steelsand permit those portionsof lthe straps within the garment :to 'press directly against the body ofthe wearer.-

'2. An -apparel corset'fcomprisingcorset body halves, Itension straps. each securedto` theinner side of a corsetbodyhalf'distant from the front steel, extendingdorwardly and passing through `an aperture in fthe lower front portion of the corset' body half so'that the. free end of each stra-p lies on'the exterior of its `corset body fha'lf, and clasps secured tothe free endsothetension straps for lconnecting lthe Asame over the lower front portions o'fthe corset'steels and independently thereof to cause the connected ends of the lstraps'to exert an inwardtension against the lower front portions of the steels and permit lthose portions of the straps within'the garment to pressi `directly against the body of the wearer.v p

Signed by me this 17th day ofDecember, 1915.

DANIEL KOPS Copesof this patent may be obtained for five cents eachyby addressing the-Commissioner ofPatents,

Washngton,`D. Ci. 

